The U.S. Coast Guard passed the historic Plover ferry’s final inspection on July 10, allowing it to return to transporting passengers after a major restoration that took over a year.
The Plover passed the U.S. Coast Guard’s out-of-water inspection, done in Plover captain Richard Sturgill’s backyard on June 26, to ensure the replanking of the boat’s hull was done properly. With the out-of-water inspection approved, Sturgill paraded the Plover in Blaine’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July festival before returning the boat to Blaine Harbor on July 9. The in-water inspection on July 10 was the needed greenlight for the ferry to set sail.
The Plover is a 1944 vessel that once transported workers to the old Alaska Packers Association salmon cannery on Semiahmoo Spit. Sturgill oversaw the Plover’s original restoration in the ’90s.
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here